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1 online resource (ix, 331 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-322) and index. |
| Summary |
"Can public schools in America be saved? This book considers theory, current practice, and the common school ideal through a historical lens to arrive at practical suggestions for reforming contemporary public education"-- Provided by publisher |
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"Please see the text file attached"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Horace Mann and the Common School Ideology; The Idea of Public Education for All; The Importance of Theory and History in Education Reform; Public versus Private Institutions; The Common School Ideology of the 1830s and 1840s; Horace Mann's Common School Ideology in the Contemporary World and Beyond; 2 The Market-Based Ideology and Politics of the Conservative Right; Twentieth-Century Conservative Philosophers; The Impact of Conservatism on American Politics since 1980; Policy Implications of the Market-Based Ideology and Conservative Political Philosophy |
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3 Education and the Politics of FederalismThe Abstract Nature of the Federalism Debate; The Evolution of Federalism in the United States; The Whig Party of the Nineteenth Century; National Intervention in K-12 Public Education; The Serious and Somber Policy Implications of NCLB; 4 Education and the Politics of Consumerism and Conservatism; The McGuffey Readers of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Consumerism Defined; The Evolution of the Consumer Ideology; The Commercialization of Public Education; A Century-Old Illusion; 5 Education in the Early Twenty-First Century |
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K-12 Public School DesegregationSchool Choice in the Contemporary World; Revisiting the School Choice Debate; 6 Citizenship in a Republican Form of Government in the Twenty-First Century; The Omnipresent Reality of Systems Theory; The Role of the Citizen in a Republic; Political Participation in a Republic; The More Proactive Citizen in the American Republic; 7 Education: A Public Good Worth Defending; The Need for a Fearless Advocate of Public Education; Revisiting the Individualist Creed in the United States; What Is a Public Good?; 8 Blueprint for Progressive Reform |
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Reform Premise A: Maintain Horace Mann's Common School IdealReform Premise B: Maintain and Expand Civic Education in the Public Schools; Reform Premise C: Repeal NCLB in Its Entirety and Deemphasize High-Stakes Standardized Testing; Reform Premise D: Reduce Poverty in America; Reform Premise E: Citizens Must Become More Engaged in the Electoral Process; Reform Premise F: Embrace the Communitarian Philosophy; Reform Premise G: Revisit Federal Budgetary Priorities; Reform Premise H: Rethinking the Status Quo with Regard to the School Year and the School Day |
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Reform Premise I: Minimize the Influence of Business in Public EducationReform Premise J: Students, Parents, and Caregivers Are Part of the Solution; A Concluding Comment; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Public schools -- United States -- History.
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Public schools. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Education -- United States -- History.
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Education. |
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Educational change -- United States -- History.
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EDUCATION -- History. |
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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Educational change. |
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fife, Brian L. Old school still matters 9780313398094 (DLC) 2013010545 (OCoLC)823041568 |
| ISBN |
9780313398100 (electronic book) |
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0313398100 (electronic book) |
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9780313398094 |
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0313398097 |
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